New Owner - And now all about religion, just as originally planned (11 Viewers)
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For starters, i believe it is a joke! IT would have been most credible, if the supposed owner wasnt a master mind pro teaser/joker, like Byrone!
In the highly unlikely case this... situation... is real!
Here are my views about it:
-20$/year is far too much for such a big forum, the fee should either be smaller or have a much bigger grace time. Seriously, does this forum really needs 20k/year, just to survive?? I really dont buy that, but i will believe that if i see some proof of it!
-It is totally unrealistic to expect form each and every member to pay that, or even any kind of sum.
We should better aim for a certain amount and make a collective effort to gather it!
I think this is a much more balanced idea and practically more efficient.
(as we need to reach the minimum fee anyway and dont have to worry about that, when we reach that, so we wont have to part with the members they cant afford it)
Some members may have the financial capability to donate more and make up for the others, who may lack that capability!
For ex, i m willing to pay the asked fee for this site, but this site wont be the same without members like bianconero81, weedguru, vonam etc etc
Without these members the forum doesnt have the same importance/value for me.
No one guarantees me that these members will stay and although i am willing to pay an annual fee in case they stay, i am not paying/risking it just for the unpropable eventuality, that they will/might stay!
-Juventuz will not be a public forum anymore, but a meeting place for a select group of posters. Its character will be lost. That would mean, that there will be nearly zero new posters and the forum is destined to die out slowly eventually.
I dont believe that there will be people willing to risk 20$ just to try out a football forum and see if they fit in. We have to give them a special motive and guarantee to join in. Even the original juventus.com site/forum faces the same difficulties, despite the fact, that it is the official forum and compensates the subscribers with member cards, autographs, etc
-Lets say i am paying that fee, who guarantees that enough people will pay too, to make that worth smth??
And what happens if we fail to gather the minimum required fee to save the forum.
Are we getting a refund??
-What if we gather enough money to sustain the forum for two-three yeas?
Why do all the new members will have to pay the same annual fee then?
-Dont we have more chances to get some better sponsorship deals now?
Wouldnt that be a more acceptable sacrifice?
Juventuz is a big forum and companies who might want advertising ads, will be interested/attracted by those numbers more than ever.
The annual fee will decimate our numbers, our greatest strength and our market value. We will not be an attractive advertisement carrier anymore...
In the highly unlikely case this... situation... is real!
Here are my views about it:
-20$/year is far too much for such a big forum, the fee should either be smaller or have a much bigger grace time. Seriously, does this forum really needs 20k/year, just to survive?? I really dont buy that, but i will believe that if i see some proof of it!
-It is totally unrealistic to expect form each and every member to pay that, or even any kind of sum.
We should better aim for a certain amount and make a collective effort to gather it!
I think this is a much more balanced idea and practically more efficient.
(as we need to reach the minimum fee anyway and dont have to worry about that, when we reach that, so we wont have to part with the members they cant afford it)
Some members may have the financial capability to donate more and make up for the others, who may lack that capability!
For ex, i m willing to pay the asked fee for this site, but this site wont be the same without members like bianconero81, weedguru, vonam etc etc
Without these members the forum doesnt have the same importance/value for me.
No one guarantees me that these members will stay and although i am willing to pay an annual fee in case they stay, i am not paying/risking it just for the unpropable eventuality, that they will/might stay!
-Juventuz will not be a public forum anymore, but a meeting place for a select group of posters. Its character will be lost. That would mean, that there will be nearly zero new posters and the forum is destined to die out slowly eventually.
I dont believe that there will be people willing to risk 20$ just to try out a football forum and see if they fit in. We have to give them a special motive and guarantee to join in. Even the original juventus.com site/forum faces the same difficulties, despite the fact, that it is the official forum and compensates the subscribers with member cards, autographs, etc
-Lets say i am paying that fee, who guarantees that enough people will pay too, to make that worth smth??
And what happens if we fail to gather the minimum required fee to save the forum.
Are we getting a refund??
-What if we gather enough money to sustain the forum for two-three yeas?
Why do all the new members will have to pay the same annual fee then?
-Dont we have more chances to get some better sponsorship deals now?
Wouldnt that be a more acceptable sacrifice?
Juventuz is a big forum and companies who might want advertising ads, will be interested/attracted by those numbers more than ever.
The annual fee will decimate our numbers, our greatest strength and our market value. We will not be an attractive advertisement carrier anymore...
There won't be any new subscribers. No one will pay 20 euros to register. There are many free football forums on the internet, so why do it anyway? Of the old members a lot, including myself, will leave. I'm guessing that maybe 200 people will pay. That leaves you with 4000 euros. Perhaps Byrone thought 1000 members would pay (and IMO you need 1000 members to have a decent forum), but I very much doubt that. So it's going to be a very closed off forum, which is funny, because a forum is meant to be open to the public.
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